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The circular RNA circCRIM1 inhibits osteosarcoma progression through sponging miR-513

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Numerous studies have suggested that the abnormal expression of circular RNAs plays an essential role in the pathological progression of numerous tumors. Nonetheless, the functions and underlying mechanisms of the circular RNA circCRIM1 in osteosarcoma (OS) are still not fully understood. In this study, 47 classes of OS tissues and adjoining normal tissues were obtained from patients. Real-time PCR was employed to measure circCRIM1 expression levels in both OS tissues and cell lines. The proliferation, migration, and invasion ability in OS cell lines were measured by MTT assays, EDU assays, transwell migration experiments, and transwell invasion assays. The results demonstrated that the expression of circCRIM1 was notably decreased both in OS tissues and cell lines. Depressed circCRIM1 expression was correlated with lymph node metastasis, advanced FIGO stage, and low overall survival of OS patients. In addition, the results indicated that circCRIM1 could decrease the migration, invasion, and growth of OS cells. Further mechanistic studies indicated that circCRIM1 served as a competing endogenous RNA (ceRNA) of miR-513, leading to decreases in the proliferation, migration, and invasion of OS cells. Taken together, our data uncovered a significant role of the circCRIM1/miR-513 pathway in the proliferation, migration, and invasion of OS cell lines and suggested that circCRIM1 may serve as a possible therapeutic target for OS treatment.

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    Pengfei Wu, Yinghui Kong, Zhitang Dai, Weidong Liu & Zexue Zhao

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Wu, P., Kong, Y., Dai, Z. et al. The circular RNA circCRIM1 inhibits osteosarcoma progression through sponging miR-513. Mamm Genome 32, 495–502 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00335-021-09903-2

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